Roxhill's guide to the best newspaper profile slots and how to secure them

Profile slots are PR gold dust: gratifying, easy-to-achieve pieces of coverage. 

The key to securing a coveted profile slot in one the UK’s national newspapers for your client is to know who commissions it that’s where Roxhill comes in.  

In this eBook, we’ve provided a comprehensive guide to the interview opportunities in the national newspapers, the commissioning editor to pitch to, and what will be involved for your client.  

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Roxhill's Guide to the Best Newspaper Profile Slots - Contents

Profile slots are PR gold dust.

Interviews allow someone’s character to shine and are popular because they often reveal characteristics audiences may not already know.

In this pitching guide, we’ll explore the highly-coveted profile slots in The Times & The Sunday Times, The Observer & The Guardian, The Financial Times and more. 

For each opportunity, we’ve listed the best person to pitch to (correct as of June 2025), recent interview subjects, and what access the writer will need to the subject. 

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Secure a coveted profile slot in the pages of the UK newspapers with our expert pitching guide. Find the relevant commissioning editors from The Times, The Telegraph, The i Paper, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The London Standard, and more.